The newly established Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released seven accident reports.
The newly released reports made a total of 82 aircraft accident reports released by the Bureau since its establishment in 2007 and a total of 63 reports released by the current administration from 2017 till date.
This was disclosed yesterday by Director General, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Engr. Akin Olateru, at a virtual press conference in Abuja.
The report included incident involving Bristow Helicopters Nigeria Ltd, Embraer 135 aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-BSN, which occurred at Port Harcourt military Airport (NAF BASE), Port Harcourt, on March 9, 2020.
Others are ATR-72 aircraft marked 5N- BPG, owned and operated by Overland Airways limited, at Ilorin International Airport, on November 29, 2014, Boeing 737-300 aircraft belonging to Air Peace Limited marked 5N-BUO at FL310 en route Enugu from Lagos on December 14, 2018, and British Aerospace BAE 125-800B aircraft marked 5N-BOO operated by Gyro Aviation limited, at Port Harcourt, Nigeria on July 16, 2020.
Also reported were incidents involving British Aerospace BAE 125-800B aircraft marked 5N-BOO operated by Gyro Aviation limited, at Osubi airstrip, Warri, on September 10, 2020, a Dornier 328-100 aircraft marked 5N-DOX, operated by Dornier Aviation Nigeria AIEP (DANA) Limited, at Port Harcourt military Airport on 23rd January 2019 and Airbus 330-243 aircraft operated by Middle East Airlines marked OD-MEA and a parked Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Turkish Airlines marked TC-LJC at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on July 29, 2020.
“This year alone, seven reports and thirty safety recommendations have been released so far.
The Bureau has also released a total of Two hundred and seventy-two Safety recommendations since inception with One hundred and ninety-one of the recommendations released by this administration”, he explained.
The Commissioner said the Bureau now has the mandate within it scope to investigate Road accidents, Rail accidents and Sea accidents, including the Air which has being its core mandate.
“As the Commission’s mandate scope has been expanded now into other sectors, we are going to deployed more Man power, modern equipment and facilities for smooth conduct of our responsibilities in order to serve the country better and to meet the international standards.”
The Commissioner said the Bureau remains committed, through improving the processes, human capacity and equipment, to fulfil the mandate effectively, purposefully and professionally.
